“…McDaniel began his career in chromium catalysis at Northwestern University where he received his Ph.D. in 1974 under Robert L. Burwell, writing his dissertation on the redox behavior of chromia. , After a year as a postdoctoral fellow at the Institut Catalyse in Lyon, France, McDaniel accepted a position with Paul Hogan at Phillips Petroleum Co. in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. Authoring over 120 journal publications on polymerization catalysts, and almost 400 U.S. patents, McDaniel and his group have changed the PE industry with inventions that benefit mankind.…”